WEBVTT SOTHANKFUL TONIGHT.>> WE HEARD A REAL LOUD BANG ATTHE TOP OF THE CELLAR, SO ICALLED MY BROTHER AND TOLD HIMIF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM US FOR AWHILE COME AND DIG US OUT.AND THEN WHEN WE CAME OUT, THIIS WHAT WE SAW.IT BLEW MY DOR IN, MY WINDOWS,THE ROOF'S GONE, BUT EVERYBODY'SOKAY.>> THIS CELLAR, OVER HERE, ISIMPORTANT, BECAUSE OF YOURFATHER>> YES.I'M SO THANKFUL WE HAD THECELLARMY DAD HAD CANCER.HE WAND MY MOM AND I TO HAVE ACELLAR.HE DIDN'T GET THAT COMPLETEDBEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.THAT IS WHAT MY MOM AND I DID.IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACELLAR.IT SAVED MY LIFE.IT WOULD HAVE SAVED MY MOM'SLIFE HAD SHE BEEN HERE.REPORTER: RIGHT.SHE WAS LIKELY OUT OF TOWN.YOURED DID'S WISH, YOU KNOW.

Woman says she survived tornado thanks to father’s dying wish

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Updated: 11:01 AM CDT May 18, 2017

ELK CITY, Okla. —

As residents began the cleanup process after a tornado tore across the Elk City, Okla., area, we are also hearing stories of survival.